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We opened our doors to the brewery in 2007, and great beer and good times have been flowing ever since. Our full service Beer Hall comes with a recent remodel of our beer garden, expanded range of beer taps and revamped interior.

Is Kung Foo Gluten Free?

Kung Foo is a “Rice Lager” which has prompted some of you to ask, “does this mean it’s Gluten Free?” Here’s a longish answer to a simple question.

What is Foo made from?

Kung Foo is made from rice and malted barley starch sources and finished with a combination of American and European aroma hops to give the beer depth not typically seen in many other Australian light/dry beers.
Since beer made from malted barley is not typically Gluten Free we decided to get a batch tested.

Gluten test results.

The particular batch we had tested came back as having “no detectible gluten”, which means there was less than 5ppm of gluten. To compare, a typical 100% malt beer is around 95 ppm gluten.

But the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) restricts claims around gluten contents as follows:

Gluten Free – The food must not contain:
(a) detectable gluten; or
(b) oats or oat products; or
(c) cereals containing gluten that have been malted, or products of such cereals.

Low Gluten – The food contains no more than 20 mg gluten/100 g of the food.

What does this mean?

Although no gluten was detected in the test, Kung Foo does not meet FSANZ criteria for a Gluten Free product and cannot be described as gluten free.

However, at less than 5ppm (or 0.5mg/100g of beer), Kung Foo easily meets the criteria for Low Gluten products.

But I’m 100% gluten-free – what CAN I drink?

We recommend trying out ciders!

We have two in our range: Gypsy Pear Cider and Little Apple Cider. Nice and natural, both ciders are slightly sweet but lovely and crisp.